Volume 1 Never by a Sword Chapter 19 Follow-up

Stiffness comes and goes as quickly as it happens, and once the soul and body are reunited, the villagers either kneel down or run away, and the player has only one reaction: draw their weapons and prepare for battle.

Xuanyuan Moon Demon reacted faster than anyone else, stabbing a toad with a sword, and the wooden sword thorn slid aside on its wet and sticky soft skin, which was completely different from the situation of stabbing on the boar's [Mud Armor]! But Xuanyuan Moon Demon was not an ordinary person after all, and he did not hesitate to stab out the second sword and take the toad eyeballs directly! However, at this time, the toad suddenly exerted his strength, kicked his legs, and knocked Xuanyuan Moon Demon to the ground, and the situation suddenly reversed!

Tu Shi didn't do anything, he just pulled up those kneeling people with the security chief, and used them to push, push, kick and beat, as long as he could get people away. When the village chief Zheng Gushui was dragged away by Huang Qi, he shouted excitedly: "Sure enough, there are monsters, there are monsters!" The villagers ran more than 100 meters and heard another thunder behind them, so they collectively froze in place.

System prompt: You trigger the "Immobilize" state for 3 seconds.

Yes...... It turns out that the so-called thunder on a sunny day is the sound of the boss countless times louder than ordinary toads!

When consciousness took over the body, the villagers fled in the direction they had traveled in a panic. When they arrived at the village, the chief of the security guard counted a little and found that five people had fallen behind, only to learn later that three of them were paralyzed from exhaustion, one was lost, and one stepped on a trap. The women and children whose families could not be found in the procession wept and cried, but there was no one to help them...... In the face of supernatural forces, humanity cannot protect itself.

Tu Shi's stamina bar bottomed out, and he sat on the ground at this time, not wanting to move. Most of the players stayed at Blackwater Pool, but Tu Shi was not optimistic about them. Huo Xiang sat next to Tu Shi, his grievances were cleared, but he still looked so sad. He sat for about half a minute, then got up and shuffled to check if the villagers were injured, and the villagers he checked bowed their heads in shame. Just an hour ago, the villagers wanted to drown Huo Xiang in the pool.

It is the player who comes back faster than the NPC, but in another form. They walked out of the clearing in the center of the village, the resurrection point, with a look of astonishment on their faces. The last to emerge is the Regulus trio. Xuanyuan Dragon God found Tu Shi and held Tu Shi's hand tightly:

"Brother, without you, we wouldn't have found this boss. The first kill of the newbie village boss must be won by us! ”

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The next day, which was also the third day of the official launch of "Qiankun", a hot news appeared on the homepage of the "Qiankun" forum: the boss of the novice village appeared. Tu Shi clicked in and took a look, and sure enough, he was talking about the huge toad in the black water pool in the mountain behind Daxinwu Village.

This boss is called Toad King.,Although the name is nothing new.,The strength is no water.,The level may exceed level 10.,The strength of the level 10 boss is probably comparable to that of level 15 ordinary monsters.。 It uses only one move from start to finish, which is [Roar], a special sonic skill that not only increases the attack damage and attack speed of allied units, but also gives enemy units with a lower level than you have a chance to trigger the "Immobilized" status. [Roar] is a support skill, of course, you can't kill people, but the Toad King can also summon the little brother and let the little brother do it. A bunch of players who can't dodge are live targets, so the battle is almost a one-sided slaughter. According to the poster (Xuanyuan Dragon God), in order to reach the point of exempting the [Roar] probability, the player must be upgraded to level 9 or above, and even then they may still be immobilized for one to two seconds, so they need to equip strong armor to survive this short time; After clearing the mobs, there must be at least three players present, who can cover each other and wait for the [Roar] to expire.

There is another problem to be aware of, because of the heavy fog, the toad's combat effectiveness on the shore is no different from that in the water, and if you want to break the toad, you have to choose the weather without fog.

Tu Shi was secretly glad that if it wasn't for gathering the players to attract the toad firepower, the villagers would probably suffer heavy casualties, allowing Fang Feng's conspiracy to succeed. Although it is a bit immoral, the players are all novices, and they will not be dropped if they die once, and they will not suffer losses. The villagers also slightly increase their intimacy because the player is desperate to "protect" them.

After this incident, the villagers finally affirmed that there was indeed a monster entrenched in the back mountain, and it was difficult for mortals to deal with. Last night, Fang Feng was confronted by the security chief, but he was tight-lipped, even if he was tortured unprofessionally. The jar of "toad ghee" in his house is also gone, and it seems that he has long been ready to expose the conspiracy.

Boar Leader: Level 8, Pig (Beast). Held by boars. In addition to his natural armor, the leader spends a lot of time rubbing his sides with hard objects to rub his skin into a protective layer to avoid serious injuries during estrus combat. The position is not fixed, and the winner is king. Good at skills [Mud Armor] and [Collision]. When the caster's HP is lower than 30%, it enters the "Angry" state. Reduces the chance of receiving a "Critical Hit" to the side by 30%.

That night, Tu Shi teamed up with the other players to kill the Boar Leader.

The "Boss's Skin" that broke out was still owned by Xuanyuan Moon Demon (this skin immediately turned into a sturdy leather armor on Chai Hu's hand). The boss monster will not spawn too quickly, according to Chai Hu, it usually takes three to five days for the pig herd to re-determine a leader, and before that, the boars will not act collectively, and the night watchman will be much easier - the implication is that there is no need for so many players to help keep the vigil. Of course, if the Boar Boss is not refreshed, players will no longer be interested in the "Vigil" mission.

On the night after killing the leader, the Xuanyuan trio led everyone to attack Heishuitan again, and then ushered in another total annihilation. Xuanyuan Dragon God's tactical idea is correct, but the execution of the "first fight the mob" is not satisfactory, and the player has already been broken by the toad one by one in the time it takes to be immobilized. Tu Shi's gain is that he learns to be five meters away from the mob, and only after being "immobilized" by [Roar] and then "immobilized" before attacking the mob. At the same time, he also remembered the cooldown time of [Roar] and knew when the next thunder would come - the Xuanyuan trio really lived up to their reputation, and they could continue to learn lessons and find patterns, and under their leadership, the players of Daxin Housing Village were likely to be the first-class wasteland team in "Qiankun" at present.

The next day, Tu Shi single-handedly killed Scarhead, a bobcat.

Level 9 players have discovered that the poisonous snake outside the village is no longer as terrifying as they imagined. Level 9 players have so much stamina that it takes more than twenty seconds to go from poison to death, during which time they can take the less expensive "antidote", or they can use their sword to cut a cross wound at the snake's bite and squeeze out the poisonous blood. It's really troublesome to refresh the snake intensively, but the player's boar skin armor is also starting to look like a dot, which can make the snake's fangs unable to penetrate the skin many times, and players who can't beat the boar have also learned to be smart, wrapping a lot of cloth strips around the ankles and soles of the feet, which also plays a certain role in strengthening defenses. By the way, level 9 players have the ability to carve out a path through the snakes, and as long as the development is successful, the experience points are enough to reach level 10, and then they can get the guide and leave the novice village. Proof of this is a man named Xuanyuan Ruofeng.

System Announcement: Player Xuanyuan Ruofeng is the first person to leave the Newbie Village, congratulations!

Tu Shi had some impressions of this person called Xuanyuan Ruofeng, as if he was one of the backbones of the Xuanyuan Guild. When their colleagues won the award, the Xuanyuan trio just ushered in the defeat of the third boss crusade. After a long discussion, the players finally gave up killing the boss of the novice village. The boss is too difficult to fight.,If you insist on taking the first kill, you don't know how much manpower and material resources you have to invest.,The harvest is unknown.,But the amount of payment is also unknown.,In contrast, leaving the novice village for a turn is a tangible benefit.,And the system doesn't force you to only kill the boss and then leave.。 Professional gamers know that time is money, especially a few days before the open beta of a game, "whether you can open up the gap with ordinary players" determines a lot of things, if you can't keep up with the first group in order to kill the boss, it will be too much to lose.

The high-level ones are gone, and in front of the rookies who have entered one after another, Tu Shi is the strongest in the novice village, and many people want him to practice. Tu Shi readily agreed, he was not in a hurry at all, anyway, the classmates were still staying in the novice village, and even if he left early, he would not be able to meet his classmates for the first time. The Xuanyuan trio tried to call Tu Shi to go with them, but they were unsuccessful.

"There are rules for everything. Because of your arrival, the rules were broken overnight. At the village chief's house, Feng Youjing said.

Tu Shi did not refute. Suppose that thousands of extraterrestrial beings suddenly came to his real world, his face would not be much better.

"The original rule here is: snakes live outside the village, people live in the village, wild beasts live in the back mountains, and monsters live in Heishuitan. Everyone does not infringe with the river water, only you will run around and cause trouble. Now the people in the village are panicking, the men have no intention of farming, the mother-in-law has no intention of housework, and even the little ghosts dare not come out to play. The chief had a cloudy look on his face and repeated, "There are rules for everything. ”

Who is the rule? Is it predestined? No. Tu Shi asked and answered: "Parents make family rules, the monarch makes national laws, and the rules are always decided by the strongest one." Snakes, people, beasts, monsters, monsters are the strongest, and it sets the rules. The natural predator of the toad is the snake, so the snake is driven the farthest; Beasts can be used as food, so they are closest to youkai; People and monsters don't offend each other, so they are not far from each other. That's the rule. ”

Feng Youjing narrowed his eyes, but he couldn't understand the meaning of Tu Shi's self-talk: "No matter who made the rules, it's just appropriate." ”

"We can see the rules from the distribution of snakes, people, beasts, and monsters, and we can also see the distance between each other, so we should see what the reason is...... Why don't people and youkai offend each other? Is it a youkai that can't deal with an entire village? No, with its strength, it can raze the village countless times in a hundred years. Is it a youkai who wants to keep humans under control? It's not right, if it wanted to make waves, it could have used Fang Feng's brainless powder to deceive faith. Tu Shi knew that his expression skills were not very good, so he carefully considered the words: "Perhaps, this rule is not set by the monster, but by a person who is stronger than it......"

Zheng Gushui, the village chief who had been smoking dry tobacco next to him, nodded, revealing a look of reverence: "Master Zhang." ”

"I guess he's right. It was he who forbade the yokai to have any contact with the villagers. It can only be him. Tu Shi hadn't met the Celestial Master who was missed by the old man, but he was confident in his reasoning.

The village chief agreed: "The Heavenly Master has been to Heishuitan, and he must have subdued the monsters. He also left a mantra: On a full moon night, do not go near a waterhole; With bitter gall in his mouth, his feet are like a civet cat. ”

"This 'spell' is crucial. There's a good chance it's not a spell, it's part of the rules. Why can't you approach the waterhole on a full moon night? Tu Shi asked the village chief, "When is the next full moon night?" ”

"Tonight." The old village chief looked happy and excited, an expression that was not common on the old man's face. He seems to have rejuvenated himself and become a child preparing for the New Year.